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Is dearth a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dearth is a Scrabble US word. The word dearth is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is dearth a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dearth is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2E1A1R1T1H4

Is dearth a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dearth is a Words With Friends word. The word dearth is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1A1R1T1H3

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6-letter words (3 found)

DEARTH,HATRED,THREAD,

5-letter words (17 found)

DATER,DEATH,DERAT,DERTH,EARTH,HARED,HATED,HATER,HEARD,HEART,RAHED,RATED,RATHE,TARED,THRAE,TRADE,TREAD,

4-letter words (35 found)

AHED,ARED,ARET,DARE,DART,DATE,DEAR,DRAT,EARD,EATH,HADE,HAED,HAET,HARD,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAD,HEAR,HEAT,HERD,RADE,RATE,RATH,READ,RHEA,TAED,TAHR,TARE,TEAD,TEAR,TEHR,THAE,THAR,TRAD,

3-letter words (29 found)

ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,DAE,DAH,EAR,EAT,EDH,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAD,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAD,RAH,RAT,RED,REH,RET,TAD,TAE,TAR,TEA,TED,THE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AE,AH,AR,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 102 words from dearth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dearth

dearth

Etymology

First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (“costliness, preciousness, honour”); corresponding to dear +‎ -th. Cognate with Old Saxon diuriða (“glory, honour; preciousness”), West Frisian djoerte (“love, dearness, value, worth”), Dutch duurte (“dearness; scarcity, dearth”), Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɜːθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɝθ/, enPR: dûrth
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

dearth (countable and uncountable, plural dearths)

  1. A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
  2. (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
  3. (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

Synonyms

  • (period when food is rare): famine, shortage
  • (scarcity): lack, paucity, scarcity

Derived terms

  • dearthy

Translations

Further reading

  • “dearth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Dehart, dareth, hatred, hetdar, thread

Source: wiktionary.org